Modern Woodmen members get involved

PLAINWELL -- Members of Plainwell Modern Woodmen of America chapter recently participated in several community projects.

On April 30, members helped raise money for Plainwell School bus driver Sherri Norlin by getting involved in the spaghetti dinner, silent auction and craft show at Plainwell High School. The money raised will be used to help offset medical expense for Norlin's cancer treatments.

The event raised more than $11,000, including $1,118 matched by Modern Woodmen's home office through the organization's Matching Fund program.

The Matching Fund program offers Modern Woodmen members nationwide the chance to show their support for a community cause, organization or individual in need by holding fundraisers.

As a tax-exempt fraternal-benefit society, Modern Woodmen sells life insurance, annuity and investment products not to benefit stockholders but to improve the quality of life of its stakeholder members, their families and their communities

On May 11, local students from St. Augustine Cathedral School in Kalamazoo demonstrated their public-speaking skills in a speech contest on the topic "an American invention, " sponsored by Modern Woodmen.

On May 21, members helped raise money for Plainwell High School women's soccer teams by conducting a car wash in the parking lot at Arby's on M-89 in Plainwell.

The event raised $2,261, including $1,130 matched by Modern Woodmen's home office. The money raised will be used for equipment and uniform shirts.